Pulse – local-first burnout and energy tracker for GNOME

Pulse is a GNOME application designed to help users monitor their energy levels and manage burnout.

It provides a simple interface for tracking how you feel over time, encouraging awareness of personal energy patterns and helping users avoid overexertion. By logging daily states and trends, Pulse supports healthier work habits and better self-management.

The application integrates with the GNOME desktop environment and follows its design guidelines, offering a clean and distraction-free experience focused on wellbeing rather than productivity metrics.

The software performs the following:

• Log a quick evening check-in.
• See your energy patterns over time.
• Review weekly burnout signals.
• Keep small rituals and reminders visible.
• Store your data locally on your own device.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Track daily energy levels and burnout status.
• Visualise personal trends over time.
• Encourages awareness of workload and wellbeing.
• Simple and intuitive GNOME-based user interface.
• Designed with a focus on minimalism and ease of use.
• Integrates with the GNOME desktop environment.

Website: github.com/srpvpn/pulse
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Developer: srpvpn
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Pulse is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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